Just as the market is recovering from the last housing ‘bubble’ being burst another is being predicted.
We’ve pulled together this and the rest of the week’s housing and mortgage news, including a rise in mortgage lending, plus news that borrowers in the north of the UK are more likely to be in negative equity or have arrears and a look at the rising cost of renting.
Mortgage arrears and negative equity worse in ...

According to recent figures, published by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), demand for fixed rate mortgages has risen to a record high.
The CML’s figures reveal 83% of new mortgages, taken out in the first quarter of this year, were on a fixed rate; the highest proportion since records began in 1993. The increase in the number of fixed rate mortgages being taken out is part of an on-going trend. 10 years ago only 19% of new mortgages were of this type, ...

A huge amount of housing and mortgage news to catch up on this week, with the main headlines being grabbed by the unveiling in the Budget of the Help to Buy scheme, designed to provide much needed help to people to get on and also move up the housing ladder.
There is also news confirming just how negative many would-be first time buyers feel about the housing market, perhaps confirming the ...

No house prices surveys this week but still plenty of news to report.
This week saw a huge boost for first-time buyers as a major lender shows their commitment to this beleaguered group of would-be homeowners.
Elsewhere there was good news for those people looking for signs that the housing market might finally be coming out of the doldrums....

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